Taylor Swift ignored the history and legacy of Black marching bands for her personal gain

[crazyfirecrotch]

With her #BBMAs performance, Taylor Swift ignored the history and legacy of Black marching bands for her personal gain. https://t.co/DMG0Pgubbj
- NYLON (@NylonMag) May 2, 2019
Taylor Swift is facing major ridicule and backlash from her performance of ME! at the billboard music awards. Swift's performance inspired the hashtag, #Mayochella, a play on

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[spoil]

Umm...hasn't Taylor has been using marching bands since RED? lol

[taylor_swift]

Since fearless I think

[bttrsondaughter]

Since the Fearless era and the You Belong With Me video

[spoil]

Yeah I just remembered that video! She wasn't cheer captain, she was on the bleachers

[deadendqueen16]

What?

[hubbabubbabb]

I really don't want to defend Taylor's whiteness and shit, but this was a whole ass reach.

[carolinalily]

Yikes @ Nylon.
The first marching bands date back to the military during the Ottoman era from the 11th century. The first college marching band was Purdue in 1886. Stay in school kids.

[youdontknowme]

The first college marching band was *Notre Dame in 1845. Stay in school kids.

[carolinalily]

Purdue performed in 1886. ND didn’t perform until 1887. But that’s splitting hairs. Neither are HBCU.

[sandstorm]

There are people in marching band getups in the video......